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RG23 8TH

Sherborne St John & Rooksdown · Basingstoke and Deane · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Sherborne St John & Rooksdown
Local authority
Basingstoke and Deane
Constituency
North West Hampshire
Postcode district
RG23
Postcode sector
RG23 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG26 5TB 781 m
RG24 9NH 1.1 km
RG24 9JS 1.1 km
RG24 9SA 1.2 km
RG24 9SB 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG23 8TH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG23
Postcode sector
RG23 8
Latitude
51.286113
Longitude
-1.139390
British National Grid easting
460,113
British National Grid northing
154,460

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Basingstoke and Deane · E07000084
Electoral ward
Sherborne St John & Rooksdown · E05013090
Parish or community
E04004462
Westminster constituency
North West Hampshire · E14001403
Output area
E00114621
Lower layer super output area
Basingstoke and Deane 005E · E01022547
Middle layer super output area
Basingstoke and Deane 005 · E02004679

Postcode source versions

Explore RG23

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
25
Secondary
6

  1. Saxon Wood School

    Community special school

    1.1 km

  2. Castle Hill Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

  3. Chiltern Way Academy Futures

    Academy alternative provision sponsor led

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
197
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 79
  • Anti social behaviour 26
  • Shoplifting 19
  • Public order 19
  • Criminal damage and arson 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RG23 8 residents
6,967

Age bands in RG23 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

1,148 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

707 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

1,656 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

1,915 residents

Age 65 and over
20%

1,355 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • SHAKESPEARE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SHAKESPEARE HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE, SHAKESPEARE ROAD, POPLEY, BASINGSTOKE, RG24 9DT

    ODS code Y07014

    3.9 km

  • BRAMBLYS GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    DICKSON HOUSE, CROWN HEIGHTS, ALENCON LINK, BASINGSTOKE, RG21 7AP

    ODS code J82058

    4.3 km

  • CROWN HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 DICKSON HOUSE, CROWN HEIGHTS, ALENCON LINK, BASINGSTOKE, RG21 7AN

    ODS code J82144

    4.3 km

  • CAMROSE GILLIES AND HACKWOOD PARTNERSHIP

    BRIGHTON HILL PARADE, BASINGSTOKE, RG22 4EH

    ODS code J82069

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Shothanger Farm

    BCT · Wootton St Lawrence

    0.0 miles

  • Shothanger Farm

    BCT · Wootton St Lawrence

    0.0 miles

  • Ramsdell Turn

    BCT · Wootton St Lawrence

    0.3 miles

  • Ramsdell Turn

    BCT · Wootton St Lawrence

    0.3 miles

  • Rooksdown Crossroads

    BCT · Rooksdown

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Basingstoke and Deane 005E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,719 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

40 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. Saxon Wood School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

197 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 79 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.